Coin-bag



R. SPURGIN.

COIN BAG.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, I916.

Patented June 21, 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT SPURGIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS COIN-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1921..

Application filed September 20, 1916. Serial No. 121,132.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT SPURGIN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoin-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to containers or packages, and hasmore particular reference to bags in which articles or commodities arestored and handled.

In banks and other places where large numbers of gold and silver coinsare handled and stored, it is customary for convenience to use textileor fabric bags in which a predetermined number of coins of uniform valueare placed. The bags are then tied around the top by means of a closingcord or tape, the ends of which are sealed together by sealing wax orthe like upon which an impression is stamped. The value of the contentsof the bag appears upon the side of the bag itself or upon a card or tagattached thereto. The coins are thus stored and handled in these bagswhich in many instances are not opened for long periods of time.

It has happened upon many occasions, while the bags were in storage orin transit, that the closing cord or tape tied around the upper end ofthe bag would be slipped off from the end of the bag by a clever personwho would remove all or part of the coins in the bag and replace them byless precious articles of approximately similar weight and then slip thelooped closing cord or tape back over the ends of the bag into the position that it formerly occupied without breaking the seal, with theresult that the theft would not be discoverd in many instances untillong after it had been committed.

In order to defeat access to the interior of these coin bags withoutbreaking the seal, severing the cord or cutting the bag, any of whichmischievous acts can be quickly detected, it has heretofore beenproposed to employ a specially constructed metal seal having a prongwhich projects into and through the fabric of the bag so as to preventthe seal from being slipped off with the cord. This seal, however, isvery expensive and its purpose may be readily defeated without detectionby simply filing or cutting off the prong. It also has been proposed toattach the cord or tape to the bag by threading it through the body ofthe fabric so that it cannot be moved longitudinally on the bag. Thesebags, however, are capable of being used many times, and since eachoflicial opening of the bag necessitates cutting or severing the cord ortape it will be obvious that a new cord or tape can only be applied tothe bag by means of a special needle by which the cord or tape can beagain threaded through the fabric.

One of the primary objects of my present invention is to provide a meansof attachment of the closing cord or tape to a coin bag which willeffectually prevent the sealed cord from being slipped off from the endof the bag, and which will afford provision for the ready and easyattachment of a new cord to a bag without the use of any special needleor tool of any kind whatsoever.

' Another object of my invention is the provision of means for attachingthe closing cord to a coin bag which, instead of injuring the fabric andweakening the bag at this point, in reality strengthens the bag andprevents injury to the fabric by pulls or strains exerted upon the cord.

Other objects and many of the attendant advantages of my invention willbe readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood byreference to the following description when considered in connectionwith the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1. is a side view of an empty bag embodying my invention; 4

Fig. 2 is a-similar view of a filled and closed bag;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing the cord-attaching eyelet as itappears on the side opposite that shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

By reference to the drawings, it will be observed that the body of thecoin bag consists of a tubular container 5, preferably made of suitabletextile fabric such as closely woven duck or drilling, having a bottomand one longitudinal seam preferably sewed with a non-ripping lockstitch so as to be sufliciently strong for the requirements of the i l110 l attaching means consists of a metal eyelet 11 Which is passedthrough an opening punched in the fabric of the bag body and is then.

clenched down at both ends around the periphery of the opening so as tobe permanently attached to the bag and at the same time to protect thefabric from tearing out or becoming Worn or chafed by strains exertedupon the cord 9. One end of the cord or tape is then inserted throughthe eyelet and a knot 12 is tied therein intermediate its ends so as tosecurely attach'the cord to the bag, leaving both ends of the cord freeto be wrapped around the puckered upper end of the closed bag and tiedas shown in Fig. 2. It will be obvious that with the cord attached tothe bag in this manner it is impossible to slip the cord upwardly on thebag so as to release the top of the bag without severing the cord andthereby permit access to the contents of the bag.

While the eyeletll may be secured in place in any preferred positioncircumferentially of the bag adjacent to one end thereof when the bag isfolded flat, I prefer to position it at the seam edge of the bag so thatthe shank of the eyelet passes, not only through thetwo outer plies ofthe bag body, but also through the tWo inwardly projecting free edges 6of the fabric inside the seam 7. The eyelet thus embraces four plies ofthe fabric, thereby affording maximum anchorage for the eyelet and alsoserving to strengthen the seam and thereby add to the security of thebag.

After the bag has been closed and tied as shown in Fig. 2, the free ends13 of the cord or tape are customarily laid over a tag 14 andpermanently secured by sealing wax- 15 having a suitable impression sealapplied thereto so that the bag 15 cannot be untied without breaking theseal. Since the cord cannot be untied without breaking the seal andsince the eyelet prevents the cord from being slipped off from the endof the bag without breaking the seal, it is obvious that access cannotbe gained to the interior of the bag without so injuring or destroyingthe seal, the cord or be quickly applied by simply inserting one endthrough the eyelet and then tying the cord intermediate its ends asshown in Fig. 1. It will be manifest that the application of a. new corddoes not require a needle or any tool, as the end of the cord or tapecan should be understood that the size, shape,

proportion and arrangement of the various parts may be varied withinconsiderable limits, and it should also be obvious that my invention isnot restricted in its use to coin bags, but that it is capable ofembodiment in bags of various sizes and shapes adapted to contain anydesired quantity or character 'of commodities or articles.

I claim:

1. A coin bag of textile or similar material having a longitudinal seamat one side thereof, the free edges of the material extending inwardlyfrom said seam, and a metal eyelet extending through said free edges andthrough the adjacent plies of the bag so as to provide a permanentreinforced opening adjacent to-one edge of the bag adapted to receive aclosing cord or tape.

2. A coin bag of textile or similar material having a longitudinal seam,the free edges of the material extending inwardly from said seam, ametal eyelet extending through said free edges and through the adjacentplies of the bag so as to provide a permanent reinforced openingadjacent to one edge of the bag, and a closing cord or tape passedthrough said eyelet and tied intermediate its ends to the latter.

ROBERT SPURGIN.

